A job-plan based performance evaluation for construction value engineering study

Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, Transactions of the Chinese Institute of Engineers,Series A/Chung-kuo Kung Ch'eng Hsuch K'an

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 317-333

  Chen, Wei Tong ^a   Liao, Shen Li ^a  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Construction VE study; Job plan; Performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS; VALUE ENGINEERING;

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION VE; EVALUATION ITEMS; JOB PLAN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION MODELS; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS;

COST ENGINEERING;

EID: 77950816089     PISSN: 02533839     EISSN: 21587299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02533839.2010.9671620     Document Type: Article

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